Torpedos Over Tripoli

Oh, please. Not like he's grown up in the first 8 years of the 100 Years War.

 

He brings down a commercial plane, then the pressure to send ground troops will start immediately.

 

Funny. Many people in the world have demanded we come to the aid of the Libyan rebels.

Another funny thing: if a Republican president took the exact same action, he'd be a war-monger, or trading blood for oil.

 

Representing another's words as your own -- as you did here -- is plagiarism.

And this is a board for journalists, or once was. Perhaps you want to atrribute your post. Perhaps you want to drop the trolling act. Whether one supports or opposes this action, it's legislatively authorized by the NATO and United Nations treaties. Your search for hypocrisy comes up, again, empty. And you just look stupid.

 

Oh, I'm sorry. Are you a working journalist? You've never mentioned it.

I assumed it was obvious that I was quoting our President. You understood that. I'm sure the other members of this board did too.

 

You're not allowed to assume it's obvious, troll. Attribute your quotations.

 

How many handles are you up to now?

I think we know who the troll is.

But, your record for trying to get any thread that has even the most mild criticism of the President locked is intact. Well done.

 

Well, I suppose the clock has started. Will be interesting to see how it plays out.

 

If we can go into Grenada and Panama, action in Libya is easier to justify, especially with Gadaffi or however your spell his name's actions in the past.

 

Or... Libya?

 

I've got a pretty good idea why.

1. Obama is closing in on his re-election campaign and wants to head off the charge that he is weak on national security and defense and won't stand up for American principles of freedom. Never mind that Qadaffi is no threat to U.S. interests right now, or that this act on Obama's part won't head off those attack ads anyway (since Democrats, rightly or wrongly, have already been framed as weak on national security and defense and American principles of freedom).

2. War is very profitable for companies like Lockheed-Martin, Northrop Grumman, etc. that make toys for the military. Those companies also contribute (and have the money and power to contribute) to politicians who do their bidding. Thanks to the Citizens United ruling, they also have increased ability to donate to outside groups that oppose certain politicians. And if there is one thing that scares politicians, it is the prospect of somebody taking away their power and perks.

3. Oil companies are also very influential in American politics. And while the U.S. gets little if any oil from Libya, oil companies that also do business in the U.S. do get oil from Libya.

4. If friggin' France is up for a fight, how does the U.S. look if it sits it out?